Looks like someone set up a new IT workshop and is stealing sites to fill up their portfolio. The url says demo1, so they are trying to show your site as a demo, as if it was designed by them.
Actually, to Australia, where dndwebtech seems to be hosted presently, but that would be similarly outside US jurisdiction. Still, while it probably won't help, I don't see how sending a DMCA notice could hurt -- worst that might happen is that someone will laugh at you over the Internet. I've had worse.
Actually, worse might be that the pirate would send a DMCA takedown to your hosting provider. I've seen reports of this happening, from Indian firms no less.
"Actually, worse might be that the pirate would send a DMCA takedown to your hosting provider." Now, that would be funny , lol . I shall probably send their hosting provider a short note about this.
Just FYI: sending their hosting provider a note (other than a takedown / copyright violation notice) won't do much to prevent you from receiving a notice. You might want to put your hosting provider on notice that your content has been misappropriated, and to disregard DMCA notices from anyone claiming the reverse.
This happens all the time, get used to it. Especially when your company/product starts to mean something. Take it from the bright side of life, and enjoy! They can copy the features of your side, but they can't copy the value and the stories your company can say.
What you can do going forward, put a copyright of everything you create on the web site and strive to provide stories and value, rather than just a web site.
It's a demo url... Perhaps one of their customers (dndwebtech's customers I mean) asked them to build a website that "looks like feedsapi.org".
ie: perhaps they never planed to use it as is -- a developer could have downloaded the website just to look at how it's structured, and it's an unfortunate accident that it ended up on the open web...
DNDWebTech, they applied to my one Freelancer.com post several months ago. I didn't give them the job, it was obvious they were ripping off other people's work.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 61.1 ms ] threadPS: Just to clarify, the copied version of our website is hosted at: https://www.feedsapi.org [Article already updated]
Actually, worse might be that the pirate would send a DMCA takedown to your hosting provider. I've seen reports of this happening, from Indian firms no less.
ie: perhaps they never planed to use it as is -- a developer could have downloaded the website just to look at how it's structured, and it's an unfortunate accident that it ended up on the open web...
I'm not sure they stole yet. They might be in the process of stealing it.
Distinction that doesn't make a difference?